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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .5.103

tad uktaṁ śrī-bharatena –
[tad uktam shree-bharatena –]
śaktir asti vibhāvādeḥ kāpi sādhāraṇī-kṛtau |
[shaktir asti vibhaavaadeh kaapi saadhaaranee-kritau |]
pramātā tad-abhedena svaṁ yayā pratipadyate || iti | ||103||
[pramaataa tad-abhedena svam yayaa pratipadyate || iti | ||103||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tad uktaṁ śrī-bharatena –
śaktir asti vibhāvādeḥ kāpi sādhāraṇī-kṛtau |
pramātā tad-abhedena svaṁ yayā pratipadyate || iti | ||103||
Bharata Muni has said: In the matter of identification, there is an indescribable power in vibhāva and the other elements, by which the audience becomes non-different from the characters depicted on the stage.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

According to Bharata Muni’s statement, there is naturally a difference, but there develops non-difference between oneself and the previous devotees by the śakti of vibhāva and other elements.

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